NameTides

Floyd

Floyd was the #2,230 boys' name in the US in 2025 (63 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Floyd as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Floyd as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Floyd as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,230 (63)#2,664 (8)——#2,095 (9)
2024#2,133 (69)#2,922 (7)———
2023#2,510 (53)#3,524 (5)——#2,123 (8)
2022#2,243 (64)#4,002 (4)——#2,810 (5)
2021#1,943 (77)#2,493 (8)——#2,812 (5)
2020#2,024 (70)#1,825 (12)#711 (3)—#1,838 (9)
2019#1,899 (78)#1,655 (14)——#2,756 (5)
2018#1,792 (85)#1,875 (12)———
2017#1,630 (97)#1,146 (24)——#2,439 (6)
2016#1,456 (118)#1,903 (12)——#2,182 (7)
2015#1,531 (107)#927 (32)#588 (4)—#1,816 (9)
2014#1,730 (87)#1,093 (25)——#2,371 (6)
2013#1,659 (91)#1,539 (15)———
2012#1,832 (80)#1,086 (25)#669 (3)—#2,158 (7)
2011#1,687 (88)#1,158 (22)——#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1897 at #48.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Floyd is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 29,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 22,000 to 1 in 38,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Floyd by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Floyd (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FloydCanadaBoys#2,0959
FloydEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
FloydIrelandBoys—too few
FloydNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FloydScotlandBoys—too few
FloydUSGirls—too few
FloydUSBoys#2,23063